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Michigan State Trunkline Highway System

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This lists all roads designated as Interstates, U.S. Highways and State Highways in Michigan

Interstates

U.S. Highways

State Highways

Note that in Michigan, all state highways (not Interstates and U.S. highways) are identified as "M-nn" as opposed to "Route nn" or "Highway nn." This usage dates from 1918, when Michigan's state trunklines were first signed in the field. The state highway route marker is a diamond with a block letter "M" at the top.

Although "M-nn" outside of Michigan could refer to other state, provincial, local, or national highways, local usage in those areas does not mimic the Michigan usage in most cases. In the United Kingdom, "M" refers to motorways, analogous to freeways in the United States. The "M" in the "M-nn" route designation never refers to "superhighway" or "freeway" status in Michigan, however. "M-routes" (Michigan state trunklines) are designated along eight-lane freeways in urban aras, principal arterial highways, and lonely two-lane highways in far-flung rural areas.

No discernible pattern is to be inferred in Michigan's numbering system.

County-Designated Highways

  • Below is a list of only a few of the many County-Designated Highways in Michigan:
  • A-2,
  • C-58, I-75 (near Wolverine) to Petoskey
  • C-66, Cross Village to Cheboygan
  • D-19, Howell to Pinckney
  • D-32, Gregory to Pinckney; "the road to Hell"
  • H-13, Nahma Junction to Miners Castle, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
  • H-63, Evergreen Shores to Sault Ste. Marie

Business / Connector Routes

Unique named highways

Notable freeway segments in Michigan

Unsigned State Trunklines

Highways featuring unique signage

Other unique road names